Luigi Capello

Luigi Capello (14 April 1859-25 June 1941) was a general of the Royal Italian Army in World War I.

Biography
Luigi Capello was born on 14 April 1859 in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy. He distinguished himself in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 in Libya, and during World War I he was given command of several Italian Army corps. In June 1917 he took over the Italian 2nd Army and captured the fortress of Gorzia and the Bainsizza Plateau from Austria-Hungary on the Italian Front, although in November 1917 he was removed from command after the disaster at the Battle of Caporetto. He joined the National Fascist Party of Italy under Benito Mussolini after the war, but in 1923 he was expelled due to his connections to the Freemasons, and in 1927 he was sentenced to 30 years in jail for planning to assassinate Mussolini. In 1936 he was released after 11 years, and he died in 1941.